Frederick schwarz



(No Model.)

F. SCHWARZ.

- WASHING MACHINE.

No. 272,780. Patented Feb.20, 1883.

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FREDERICK SCHWARZ, QF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,780, dated February20, 1883.

Application filed October 19, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom Iit may concer'n':

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SCHWARZ, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in WashingMachines, of which the following is aspecification.

- The object of this invention is to construct a simple and efficientwashing-machine embodying in its organization a revolving brush and ayielding bed on which the clothes to be washed are placed; and myinvention consists of the particular improvements which will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. y

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal sectionof my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig.3 is a cross-section in line x w, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section, onan enlarged scale, of the rotary brush. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectionof one end thereof. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of one of thespring-supports of the yielding bed. Fig. 7 is B is composed of acylinder, C, which is provided in its cylindrical surface withlongitudinal grooves or sockets c, in which are secured the stocks d,which carry the tufts of the brushes d.

- The stocks dare secured to the grooves c by means of screws d2 or anyother suitable g g represent gear-wheels secured to both ends of theshaft f, and meshing with wheels g', secured to both ends of thebrush-shaft e, so that the brush-shaft is set in motion by the rotationof the shaftf.

h represents a hand-crank secured to the driving-shat'tf for operatingthe same.

I represents a pulley secured to the shaft e, for the purpose ofrotating the brush by means of an endless belt running around saidpulley, if so desired. A

J represents a yielding bed arranged below the rotating brush, for thepurpose of supporting the clothes upon which the brush operates. The bedJ is attached to the trough or box A at one end by means of sockets lc,hung on a transverse bolt, k', which is secured to the side wall of thebox A. The bed J rests near its opposite end upon springsv l, which areseated in sockets l', secured to the inner side ot' the box A. rlhesprings Z bear with their upper ends against the shoulders of a bolt, m,which slides vertically with its upper enlarged p0rtion in the sockets land projects With its contracted lower portion into the` spring l. Oneof these` spring-supports is arranged on each side of the box A, so asto support the bed J v on both sides.

The clothes to be washed are placed upon the bed J and introducedbetween the brush B and the bed, which former rotates in the directionof the arrow in Fig. l, and by impinging againstthe clothes thoroughlycleanses the saine. The yielding bed adjusts itself to the thicknessofthe layer of cloth between the brush and the bed and holds the clothesin contact with the brush.

I am aware that rotating brushes impinging against yielding beds are notbroadly new, and do not wish to make any such claim; but I am not awarethat such brushing mechanism has ever before been used in combinationwith a yielding bed having a general horizontal line, and adapted tooperate as hereinbefore explained.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination', with the box A and ro-- tarybrush B, of a yielding rubber or bed, J, having a general horizontaldirection, pivoted at the end farthest from the brush, and having itsopposite end supported upon yielding posts or supports m, ariangedsubstantially undersupporting-bolts m, springs Z, andV sockets Z', neaththe brush, whereby the Contact of the applied to the opposite ends ofthebed J, subbrush will tend to force down the end of the stantially asset'. forth.

11H11. substantially as and for the purpose set; FREDERICK SCHWARZ. 5forth. Witnesses: Y

z. The combination, with the box A, of the JNO. J. BoNNER, yielding bedJ, pivoted to the box A at k, and CEAS. F. GEYER.

